How to use CentralPackageVersionOverrideEnabled == 'false' and MSTest/Sdk?

[anthonymastreanvae]

Directory.Build.props

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
    <CentralPackageVersionOverrideEnabled>false</CentralPackageVersionOverrideEnabled>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Example.Tests.csproj

<Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk/4.1.0">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

Error:

error NU1013: The following PackageReference items cannot specify a value for VersionOverride: MSTest.TestFramework.  Projects using Central Package Management are currently configured to disable this functionality. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/nuget/cpm/versionoverride
error NU1013: The following PackageReference items cannot specify a value for VersionOverride: MSTest.TestAdapter.  Projects using Central Package Management are currently configured to disable this functionality. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/nuget/cpm/versionoverride
error NU1013: The following PackageReference items cannot specify a value for VersionOverride: Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage.  Projects using Central Package Management are currently configured to disable this functionality. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/nuget/cpm/versionoverride
error NU1013: The following PackageReference items cannot specify a value for VersionOverride: Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.TrxReport.  Projects using Central Package Management are currently configured to disable this functionality. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/nuget/cpm/versionoverride

[Youssef1313]

Thanks @anthonymastreanvae for bringing this to our attention. I transformed this to a bug report. Please track that in #7441

[anthonymastreanvae]

Thank you!

I was poking around in the binary log and I noticed a few variables that I should have been able to use to conditionalize the property, but they didn't seem to work: IsTestApplication, IsTestingPlatformApplication. I did not find IsTestProject. I swear that used to be hanging around.

This works temporarily though:

    <CentralPackageVersionOverrideEnabled Condition="'$(UsingMSTestSdk)' != 'true'">false</CentralPackageVersionOverrideEnabled>

[Youssef1313]

IsTestProject is used to tell that it's a VSTest project. In MSTest.Sdk 3.x, we used to plug support for both MTP and VSTest. But in 4.x, we plug support for MTP only by default. If users really need to use VSTest, they can set UseVSTest MSBuild property to true.

[Youssef1313]

UsingMSTestSdk is defined VERY early so it's very reliable to use in conditions without caring much about any ordering.
Other properties might be set at a later stage, so depending on where exactly you use them, they might not work as expected. That's a general concern for any MSBuild-related work that you need to pay attention to.